1973
Born April 20, 1973
Dayton, OH, USA
Todd Hollandsworth Marquee
b. April 20, 1973 · Los Angeles Dodgers 1995–2000, Colorado Rockies 2000–2002, Texas Rangers 2002, Florida Marlins 2003, Chicago Cubs 2004–2005, Atlanta Braves 2005, Cleveland Indians 2006, Cincinnati Reds 2006
He hit .291 with 12 home runs for Los Angeles in 1996 and took the award with 105 points of 140 and 15 first-place votes, the fourth consecutive Dodger to win it after Eric Karros, Mike Piazza and Raúl Mondesí. No other club has ever produced four straight winners.
Twelve seasons gave him 871 hits, 192 doubles, 98 home runs, 451 runs batted in and a .273 average. He never again matched his rookie season and became a role player, changing organizations seven times in his last nine years, hitting .289 for Colorado in 2002.
He finished with a two-team season split between Cincinnati and Cleveland in 2006 at thirty-three. He is not on a Hall of Fame ballot.
Honors
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| MLB Players Choice Outstanding Rookie | 1 | 1996 |
| Rookie of the Year | 1 | 1996 |
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | LAD | 41 | 103 | 16 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 29 | 2 | .233 |
| 1996 | LAD | 149 | 478 | 64 | 139 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 59 | 41 | 93 | 21 | .291 |
| 1997 | LAD | 106 | 296 | 39 | 73 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 60 | 5 | .247 |
| 1998 | LAD | 55 | 175 | 23 | 47 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 42 | 4 | .269 |
| 1999 | LAD | 92 | 261 | 39 | 74 | 12 | 2 | 9 | 32 | 24 | 61 | 5 | .284 |
| 2000 | COL/LAD | 137 | 428 | 81 | 115 | 20 | 0 | 19 | 47 | 41 | 99 | 18 | .269 |
| 2001 | COL | 33 | 117 | 21 | 43 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 20 | 5 | .368 |
| 2002 | COL/TEX | 134 | 430 | 55 | 122 | 27 | 1 | 16 | 67 | 40 | 98 | 8 | .284 |
| 2003 | FLA | 93 | 228 | 32 | 58 | 23 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 55 | 2 | .254 |
| 2004 | CHC | 57 | 148 | 28 | 47 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 17 | 26 | 1 | .318 |
| 2005 | ATL/CHC | 131 | 303 | 26 | 74 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 36 | 23 | 66 | 4 | .244 |
| 2006 | CIN/CLE | 90 | 224 | 27 | 55 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 35 | 10 | 52 | 0 | .246 |
| Career | — | 1118 | 3191 | 451 | 871 | 192 | 22 | 98 | 401 | 262 | 701 | 75 | .273 |
On this day & linked events
1995
Major-league debut: Todd Hollandsworth
Todd Hollandsworth made a major-league debut on April 25, 1995.
2001
Todd Hollandsworth's Three-Home-Run Game, 2001
Todd Hollandsworth hit three home runs for the Colorado Rockies against the Arizona Diamondbacks on April 15, 2001.
2006
Final major-league game: Todd Hollandsworth
Todd Hollandsworth played a final major-league game on September 30, 2006.